“I’m basically just narrating my childhood and what I come from and giving people some insight into why I am the way I am and why some of the things that happen to me only happen to me and they wouldn’t happen to anyone else ’cause they’re specific in my upbringing,” T.I. told Rap-Up.com. “A lot of motherf**kers just see the outcome and see the things that I go through. They see the effect, but I’m narrating the cause a little bit for ‘em.”

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